Discourse in society
Subtitle: systemic functional perspectives
By: edited by Peter H. Fries, Michael Gregory.
Contributors: Fries, Peter Howard.; Gregory, Michael, 1935-; Halliday, M. A. K. 1925-
Series: Advances in discourse processes ;; v. 50; Meaning and choice in language : studies for Michael Halliday; Meaning and choice in language.
Publisher: Ablex
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Norwood, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Discourse analysis.; Systemic grammar.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-296) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Generic and register qualities of texts and their realization / Eija Ventola; title: Opinion texts in conversation / Barbara M. Horvath, Suzanne Eggins; title: Patterns of information in initial position in English / Peter H. Fries; title: Generic expectancies and discoursal surprises : John Donne's The good morrow / Michael Gregory; title: Intertextuality and text semantics / Jay L. Lemke; title: The social production of language : history and structures of domination / Gunther Kress; title: Knowledge and laughter : an approach to a socio-cognitive linguistics / Elissa D. Asp; title: A systemic-functional semiotics of art / Michael O'Toole; title: The conception of context in text / Ruqaiya Hasan.